WCML classic service after HS2
On Sep 17, 4:44*am, Andy Breen wrote:
On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:32:22 +0100, Robert Cox wrote:
On 2011-09-17 12:11:41 +0100, 77002 said:
On Sep 17, 2:44*am, Ken Wheatley wrote:
On 2011-09-16 22:23:00 +0000, Railwayman said:
There wont be any need for trains once cheap electric vehicles become
more widely used.
Especially if we have nuclear-brewed electricity that's 'too cheap to
meter'.
Cars have been the future of transportation for quite some time, and
probably will be for a while! *What is the range of a battery only car?
How long is a piece of string...?
About 100 miles for the first tranche of large-production mainstream
designs, seems to be the consensus. At the top end 200-odd miles seems
to be do-able - if you've got the money to pay for the vehicle.
Charge times are still the major issue, though. It's unlikely that the
battery-only car could be viable other than as an urban or local hopabout
without investment in a supporting infrastructure of battery-change
stations (which, after all, is slightly less daft than a supporting
infrastructure of places storing and dispensing highly flammable
fluid.. ;-)
Then there's the potential bottleneck of raw material for battery
production. It's not for nothing that many of those minerals are referred
to as "rare earths".
Thank you.
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